Filipino Beef Steak. Remove the beef slices from the marinade, shaking to remove any excess liquid. Bistek Tagalog is a type of Filipino beef stew. This is also known as Beefsteak to some people.
It is best enjoyed with warm rice. Filipino beef steak, or bistek, is a staple in every household in the Philippines. This must-try recipe is very delicious and simple to make. You can cook Filipino Beef Steak using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Filipino Beef Steak
- Prepare of Thin slices of beef steak.
- Prepare of Large Onions.
- You need 2 of Lemons.
- It's of Brown Sugar.
- You need of Soy Sauce.
- It's of Garlic.
- You need of Corn starch.
Serve with steamed white or brown rice or a salad. This is a Filipino style beef steak. Made from thinly sliced beef and marinated with soy sauce, calamansi juice, pepper and liquid seasoning. It should be marinated for at least an hour for the beef to absorb the marinade.
Filipino Beef Steak instructions
- Marinate beef steak slices in soy sauce and pepper. Squeeze out juice from the lemons to the marinade. Add brown sugar.
- Marinate for an hour.
- Heat pan with cooking oil and fry the beef slices without the marinade until they turn brown. Set aside..
- In the same pan, saute the onions cut in circular shape. Set aside..
- Saute chopped garlic. Add the marinade and then the beef steak. Cook until meat is tender.
- Dissolve a teaspoon of corn starch in water, then add to the mixture..
- Add onions on top of the tenderized beef steak..
In choosing the beef, tenderloin is the best but it is expensive compared to other pasts of the beef. Bistek, or Filipino Beefsteak, is essentially steak and onions but with an Asian spin. Thinly-sliced beef is briefly marinated in calamansi (or lemon) and soy sauce, seared and simmered with the marinade and topped with onion slices. Add the beef to the pan. Once the beef is tender, transfer it to a plate.